The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-02-16

there they are, Miss Josephine, all hot
and ready-buttered, for don't think YOU
would know how to do it yourself. You
had better 90 out Of the side-door, and
then no one will be the wiser for the IA
vor you've done me-
For one brief instant her worn, pale
face'l companion had bent down impul-
sively and laid her own soft cheek
against Elsie's and the next, wholly un-
able to speak. she had disappeared.
a rather heavier mailbag tonight
than usual, wasn't it, Elsie?
Yes, aunt. Thank You for doing it
up for me. At any rate the registered
letters did not occupy you long while"
a. No, child"
Meanwhile Elsie had been engaged
/ penning a dozen words or more upon a
large sheet ofletter paper, and the follow
ing morning, side by side with the NUT
fin and erumpetT statement appeared the
following:
young lady, ctever and well-edu-
+ Gated, desires at once a good morning or
/ daily engagement as governess. Terms
moderate Excellent references. Apply
for particulars within"
Miss Josephine had, in most inexpli-
cable way, won the woman's entire sym
! pathy, and also the admiration Of Miss
/ Elsie And vet the latter never seemed
/ TO forget the difference in station that she
considered still existed between her IA
yorite and herself She only knew that
( the lawyers daughter was ,ery model
/ Of sweet patience, and that she and all at
/ home were a. poor Is any church-mouse.
"Oh, my exclaimed little Bob Trav-
ers that morniug, as the letters were
brought in - What shoals Of letters
/ Wha, d lot Of gcvernesses We shall have.
mother, l do declare if it won't be just
like an evening party"
Hold your tongue, Bob :" urged his
( father. peremptorily. Leave the room
! Letters of importance had to be discuss
/ ed, most Of them bearing reference to
what Bob had termed the evening par
ty."
Some applicants declaring they were
experienced. because middleaged 9th
ers asserted that they we're young and
. therefore generally regarded a. having an
attractive way with children; which lat-
. ter statement. was yet worse. The last de
-cribed young ladies would perhaps prove
attractive in other ways, and fall desper-
ately n love with the quiet bachelor
Uncle Fred.
No, that wouldn't DO at ali, and in a de-
cided fit of IN hunor BOb's father threw
the entire batch Of letters into the fire
As usual, when perturbed in mind,
mother turned the current of conver-
sation by addressing Uncle Fred
! wish when passing Ianct Lisle's to-
day you world ask for our magazines"
All was hurry skurry, as usual, three or
four hours later on in the post-ofiice. y
variety Of small packages required imme-
diate weighing and it was At this very
juncture that Uncle Fred placed his foot
upon the threshold. Something had.
however, just caught his eve, and without
more ado he beat hasty retreat-not
however 10 d great distance of.
" The very thingl" he CALCULATED
There, we have been hunting about all
the while-and to what purpose Par
ticulars within. Eh? Why III 70 in At
once and inquire
Uncle Fred was widower, and had
therefore made his home Of late years
with his sister Polly's family. Anything,
he thought, was better than living alone
He was rich, too. and a highly cultured
man, with peculiar faculty also for en-
gazing in the performance OF kindly ac-
tons. Like the rest of the family, he had
only lately come into the neighborhood
viii you excuse my tn ubling you
about the notice in the window ."
Elsie started visibly in an instant
Yes Of course. This was not the first oc-
casion upon which she had seen that Ger
tainly striking face Yesterday, Of course
when he had sent off the registered letter
But Elsie was instantly all attention.
Yes; she could tell him all he required
to know-and did So and even a. she
spoke, Eisie's eyes sparkled bright and
lovingly. She was doing now what il re
joiced her true woman's heart to venture
upon-tying 10 help her favorite
And Miss Falconbridge thought that
the young lady in question might be fully
relied upon in her guidance of little chill
dren?" he asked
oh. dear me- Yes-moSt certainly"
You can give me her address
Elsie noted it down quickly upon a
slip Of paper.
Before the end of that certainly event
ful day, Miss Josephine was engaged as
daily governess in the family Of Uncle
Fred's sister, at the moderate salary Of
two hundred dollars a wear.
Some months have passed away since
then Kind Uncle Fred that he ever i.
has Just appeared in the large old-fash-
ioned hall, and Is assisting Miss Joseph
inc " in putting on her cloak previous to
taking her departure for home He, and
Sister Polly" also, are both made Of
good stuff, and folks say, and-Heayen
bless them for it only wish to make
her fee. at home with them.
And for the reason, therefore. it seems
that Uncle Fred not only, on this special
evening, escorts her to the hall door, but
also a short distance on the road toward
home
A. he says the evening is 50 lovely and
the baluIy outer air will do him good.
She i telling him-why, she does not